CVE-2025-41259 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2025-41259

SWUpdate Untrusted Script Execution via Signed Update TOCTOU

Vulnerability Description

SWUpdate before 2026.05 is affected by a time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition that allows local unprivileged attackers to escalate privileges to root or install untrusted contents using a signed update.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Reinhard Kugler (SBA Research)

References

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

SWUpdate
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: June 3rd, 2026
Last Modified: June 3rd, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-367

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1574 Hijack Execution Flow
Privilege Escalation
T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
Privilege Escalation
T1036 Masquerading
Defense Evasion
T1485 Data Destruction
Impact
T1005 Data from Local System
Collection